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Comments about weiThere are 100 comments about "wei"
Lou Romero: Hi Robert,
Small world !!, I lived for awhile at either 33 or 35 Schaeffer St, before moving to Weirfield St in 1966.
Your name is familiar, I'll relay this to my cousin laura.
There is also a...... Maria in Maine: Hi again Barbara,
WOW your message to me brought back so many old memories. I checked my 210 autograph book last night to see if you had signed it. I don't think you did....... CarterHall123: I lived within a mile of the hospital and had a girlfriend that lived up the street. The immediate neighboorhood is part of the Philadelphia Mainline (A very affluent area)so there was always mystery surrounding...... Esther (Herschman)Rechtschafner:
To answer no name-Julia A. wrote on June 8: "Used to correspond with Anita and Judy for a long time, some yrs. back, but both of them fell off the side of the earth !"...... Esther (Herschman)Rechtschafner: I thought a bit more and now also remember:Alan
Rosenberg, Phyllis Asch, Robie Globus, Floyd Green,Lind Meranus, Floydene Coleman, Alan Rosenboom, Jay Gutchman, Robert Crawford ( the last 2 lived iin an orange appartment house...... Esther (Herschman)Rechtschafner: I remember these names: Joyce Davidson, Marcia Katel, Jill Rhine, Enid Dunne, Judy Rubin,
Anita Seldes, Natalie Schliefer (who had a cousin Nathan}.They were in the same grade as me. If my...... Josie Harken "Canada": Great photos. Used to love standing at the entrance of a subway station just to get a whiff of that wonderful smell. Does anyone have any photos of old station toilets? Remember...... Kashiera: That cemetery is a weird cemetery,every thing is made from metal but very cool when you see it for yourself.... Surprised Human: I live in Chicago, too, in a neighborhood full of large oak trees. Raccoons are common around here, some years more than others. But this year, a family of three figured out how to enter...... Throwback: NYCs telephone system would be interesting to explore... There's a lot of history in that as well, from the old electromechanical switching systems operating under Bell to the rich phone phreaking history of people trying...... Sanzay: Sean, thank you for bringing me back to my childhood, back to my forgotten dreams. It is touchy! /* yes, I am weird */ And I love the sense of humor in your snapshots.... calum : funny u mentioned tht about him skining the treasurer i was gonna say something about tht but just couldnt be bothered anyway and he done tht for a reason but i cant remeber why to...... Dragoon: Let's demonstrate that humans are more intelligent than coons by learning to spell, shall we?
raccoon, not racoon or reccoon or raccon.
habituated, not habitulated.
aerial, not airal.
deodorize, not deoderize.
permanent, not perminent.
nocturnal, not necturnal.
grammar, not grammer.
apartment, not appartment.
saving,...... SomeGuy007: ManiacMac596, the weir was built to divert water in to the irrigation canal system. Hopefully they can start the project up again and finish what they started.... KG: I was in a layover at the DIA in March. I really wanted to take a look around and see if there was anything weird going on. I went to all the terminals taking the...... Griphus: I was just walking by the one in my neighborhood today and it still weirds me out to see the place not opaque with smoke.... Kirsten Larson: Wow is right. What a weird almost foreboding looking place. I can't believe they still use it to work on boats after so looooong.... Peter: awesome! the bike-troughs on the stairs are great and unbelievably impractical, as long as your bike is of carrying-weight. lol.
the relief map in the second shot is great, too... now i wanna do this ride!... Luke1972: That looks more a dam, weir or dyke than a bridge. Bridges over over, that goes through.... Peter: the rocktek sounds pretty good for such a cheap-o pedal. perhaps thats ##why## it sounds good... its sort of noisy, but in a good way. not septic, digital-clean like the delay. i keep it around...... FDNY: The budweiser plant is about to be torn down. If you'd like to know what this little piece of landscape will be, google "Hunters Point South"... a 13-building high-rise condo project with low to...... Ed Poska: OK! OK! To Larry & Richie, you finally got me to add something here.
It seems that most of it has been said so I can only adds a few names. Connie Hawkins & Billy Cannon....... BZZZP!: you know what drives me nuts? that "5" in front of brooklyn, ny under browse by city... it's like the weird punctuation in people's names in the last days of myspace, lexical speedbumps.... burnz: I was there on the 21st of march after the habs game. 5$ entry fee, 1.50$ to check your coat(hang them up). 3$ seating fee. I ordered two beers after that, the girl took my...... Peter: also: something about this site was very pensive, and doubly as prescient. i know this post seems like a heap of sort of boring photos, but i really felt the urge to just represent this...... devils advocate: My arguement (albeit expanded one) stays the same, both that its not cool and bordering on, if not is, a violation of privacy laws in the juristiction that it was taken. That it was...... larry prusak: Hello to all you 167 Alums. I was amazed and amused to read all these comments about the old school and the surrounding neighborhoods and eateries. I thought some of you might be interested in...... little ukraine: weird, I actually have two of those.... Iank: I went to PS241/Erasmus59'with Norms. We recently got in touch. May go to the 50th reunion in Aug 09'. What a great childhood. Brooklyn Museum, Botanic(al) Gardens, empire bowling alley. Ben and Sols deli, Stickball...... Mime: We need some signage like in [[5629:this article]].
People still fish off these weirs, not in this sort of torrent, but when the water has subsided some, people still risk walking across the weirs in knee-deep...... Peter: wow, ok, youre quickly becoming one of my favorite posters on here, franny. this is awesome. ive walked past this a thousand times and always sort of wondered about it- its weird. fascinating back-story!... EvilGentleman: Perhaps you could lock them in a box alongside the artifact you mention in Kinematics. They will be contained together, and anyone finding them down the road of history will be able to deduce what...... AshleyAutherley: I think the first picture looks very scary. The stop looks like its very dark before the train comes, I think the trains lights it up. Also those trains have only two carts which I...... James: I skated hardcore in the late 80's up til the mid 90's. Being around for the skate video days, the days of rushing home to watch Skate TV, going to the movies to watch...... TCL: Do the regulars still live there? I was there for a Christmas party and the vibe was weird...the tenants didn't seem pleased to have anyone there.... jay: Well I found this thread trying to find out whether or not I'm getting too old to be skateboarding. It is really encouraging to hear that many of you guys across the age spectrum are...... EvilGentleman: How much you wanna bet that this one attracts a lot of weird Google traffic?... Tyfoid Kid: Hey Jack, you should drive through. It's kind of weird to see all the buildings and NO people.... bestmemories: You know reading all of this brings back great memories. I lived in NY all mylife. I attended P.S.145 and Enrico Fermi. I graduated in 1986. Junior High years can be very tempting and challenging....... usmcsniper1: I really woulto see what the old hood looks like. If anybody has recent photos, please post. I lived at 1098 Eastern Pkwy, directly across the street from St. Matthews Church. Ironically,...... Peter: funny you would mention it:
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that entry (and the tunnel under the tracks) made me feel like i was in some former eastern european state.
believe it or not, i havent hung out around the junction much....... adam: Okay, where do I begin? I have lived in Jacksonville for pretty much my entire life. I am 29 years old and I recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL which is a much...... Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): I like this site very much,especially when people write about PS 167. I lived at 1125 Sterling Place (between Kinston Ave. and Hampton Place) until I was about 14.I went to the Erasmus Annex...... Diaego: I'm quite weird, I find old cemeteries where things are falling apart naturally to be weirdly reassuring for some reason (perhaps because my childhood home is right next to a cemetery,...... Rab1: yo i jjust got from there and it was fucking great man...im new to the graff world and the marker i bought is weird it spilled on me and everything....but I think I got it...... Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008
To City Noise Editors,
I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it.
I thought your group...... jack: hi joey, its been almost two years since you asked for a story about the beat generation in the village. well its better late than never, so here is a short one. my...... Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton....... Peter: did you see the links i posted above? in addition to those, all of the following sites appear to show the identical image (though sometimes at different resolutions)...
it was posted here in 2004: [[http://www.thatsweird.net/picture37.shtml]]
it was...... Peter: its a nice photo, rune, but ive seen this photo several hundred times online in the past half-decade or so... its a pretty well-known photo meme. why did you post it here? is it even...... Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it...... herb weitz: got to union & kingston around 1938-9 went to 167 for 1
semester then the crown heights yeshiva (310 crown)next to ps161 at 13 I discovered Shwabies poolroom HEAVEN, a warm place to play hookey and...... Mr. Los angeles: The Fact is he mad famous and everyone is on his weiner. If not they wouldn't be here. ... Karen Brandon: Judalina, what an absolutely awful attitude you have ! Shame on you for your bigoted, nasty remarks about overweight women. Your description is unfari and GROSS. Shame on you for your unenlightened,...... Jason: What's most ironic is that liberals are deeply "conservative" when it comes to gentrification. They are seeking to take a vibrant city of constant flux and movement and freeze it in time.
No one group...... Richie Fisher: Hey there Warren! I have to be honest, I almost fell off my chair reading
your E Mail and I FLEW off my chair when I read your letter on the
Casusos's...... always a Bushwick kid: What a great site... I've read almost all the comments and they ring true for most of it. I grew up in Bushwick- lived on Jefferson in the 60’s, moved to Bleecker Street in the...... MOTI WEISBROT : All very nice comments in indeed ! ... MOTI WEISBROT : Are you still around ? Looking forward .
Moti Weisbrot... MOTI WEISBROT : The Paris one is Notre Dame I think . ... MOTI WEISBROT : Nice fron yard ! We wish you all the best with your Bottega ( in Italian) .
Moti Weisbrot ... Moti Weisbrot : [[img:28697]]
The Milano "Duomo" under Rain .... poteto: Hey SAM/ have not put a name to you yet but I remember when betty took over(OH MY GOD) she would yell while we were playing pinball stop shaking, stop slapping the flipper,Hirscht(herman)...... serlingrod: go to the weiner circle in lincoln park. it used to be alot cooler whenever they swore at you, but they've toned it down since the arguments w/ customers got racial. lay down a $10...... A.E.: There is a pervert on the morning local W train and/or R train. He is tall about 5'9, skinny weighs about 150 pounds. He is of Latin decent, dark, black straight hair worn slick back....... eyeofodin: Great post. Louis Theroux of the BBC did a great episode for his 'Weird Weekends' about Black Nationalism, and concentrated his time in Harlem. He was able to enter the headquarters and interview...... Bertha Gibson (Sanchez): Hello to all. Great blog here.
Louis (Koochie....smile)
Oh my goodness, I remember viewing Father Heitz' body in the rectory (1970?). Fourteen Holy Martyrs (on Central/Schaffer St) merged with St. Martin's (on Knickerbocker/Weirfield St) and...... Me: Re to surviving
You go into any town or city,and you will find many women with a dozen kids,milking the system.Happens everywhere,all the time,not just in Hutchinson Kansas.But I understand how you feel.I have been upset...... zagg: That is so weird. I have never seen rhubarb flower like that. *googles*... Hutchinson Escapee: Oops... seems Ryan Bloom wasn't a Hutch PD officer... no, he was a cop for a different city that LIVED IN AND COMMITTED his crime in Hutchinson, KS - and my mistake again - she...... Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Debbie,
I remember you very well, Matt often talks about Jennifer. He still speaks to a few of his old friends, pretty good really as he was only seven when we left. He...... luna park: these were all snapped through a hole in the construction fence. the area under the scaffolding where i was standing smelled pretty awful and had recently been baited with rat poison, so i didn't linger...... English Gent: Nice content in the B/W shots, but switch from centre weighted light meter to spot meter and experiment.... Bekka: This place reminds me of a similar location in Bucharest, Romania [where I live] I've been there once and the atmosphere is just about the same...
The art isn't quite the same, obviously... but the way...... Jon Burgess: Hi all, not been on for a while. Some names are ringing bells with me in the above entry, Malc Kennedy is a good mate of my dads (John Burgess), Pete lawson from irlam friends...... Steve Weir: Here's a few more topics for you to get your teeth into...Irlam Social Club (Home of Doctor Death the wrestler that could wip us teenagers into a frenzy with his dastardly deeds).
Potatoe picking (form of...... Darren: I have a cat which has food outside and every so often Raccoons come and eat the food even if my cat is near and my cat doesn't attack and neither do the raccoons and...... Charlie Gouldie: I was born in Weir St 1960 and went to St Margarets, I still stay in Plantation next to the new Squinty Bridge. I still go round to the Stanley Bar where a lot of...... jack: OK, so she's a little overweight but if thats her son and husband they look like a nice family and that makes her beautiful, all women who take care of their husbands and children but...... A. Weinstein: Hi Janet,
Thanks for taking me back to the comfort days of yore. I have a few more questions for you. Did you know a girl named Judy Rubin she lived on St. Johns Place. Also...... jack: the earliest i remember is Staten Island in 1948, it was country then, i was 6, but there is a story i personally know is true, because i made it up so there, and it...... DA MAN: THIS PICTURE IS SICKENING:( what is with the hair?
what is with the way she eats the hotdog?
do Norweigans ever eat hot dogs... Yet ANOTHER New Jack (not the ones above): A revolution of what? Speech? What are you trying to say? Its yahoo's like you who come up in places like here saying shit like that that makes all us graf writers look bad and...... A. Weinstein: Janet,
Wasn't 210 where a teacher was pushed off the roof or something like that?
Alma... A. Weinstein: Janet,
What year did you graduate P.S. 167?
What was the address that you lived at on Lincoln Place?
Waiting to hear from you....................
Alma ... anon (124-169-128-165.dyn.iinet.net.au): Where is this pish posh stencil? That's my sons nickname... Weird he's only 8... A. Weinstein: Janet,
I went to Erasmus but my sister went to Tilden her name was Marilyn Weinstein did you know her?
... A. Weinstein: Oh< Janet by the way do you remember the knish place on St.Johns Place near the Utica Theatre?... A. Weinstein: Hi Janet,
Most definitely do remember the luncheonette on the corner that is where I was introduced to my first choclate malted and my sister showing me how to dunk a pretzel stick in the glass...... procyon: ^ weird... elaine: this thread is way weirder than the one we got for that previous post.... Sue Hadingham:24th April 2008 -19:50 GMT: My Grandfather was the senior administrator at Netherne for many years and similarly my Grandmother worked on the wards as a nurse. My fondest memories were also visiting the pantomime and staying at my...... alma: well, between flashing and a rape, there's a whole world. flashing, in purist america, really is overrated. and "blondes" overreact. "oh my god, he was doing "that" ya know" and stuff.
a poor, clueless, lifeless guy,...... A. Weinstein: Hey everyone,
Let's get some dialogue going here. Hasn't anyone got any memories they would like to share? Does anyone remember getting out of school (P.S. 167) at lunchtime and having the pretzel man standing there...... SH*THOUSE: ZACK: That is insane my friend. I don't know what brought you here. But it is very misguided. You must think that overweight older women are hot. Perhaps you should take off the beer goggles?... Cyril B: Hi Sheila,
That's right! Wash Farm.I expect all that old machinery will be lying in some museum by now..
The wrestling club I think was run by his son who had competed in the Olympics at some...... Mitch: I also lived at 969 Carol Street from 1952 (born) - 1960. I also went to PS241. You might know my two cousins who also lived in another appt in our building at the same...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Alan,
I can tell you from my own experience, circling The Bull Ring in the dark on one of those old fashioned pea soupers in my old van,eyes smarting from that deadly sulphuric smog, I...... elaine: i stayed in an apartment on tompkins square park when i went to new york for the first time. i got up crazy early because of the time difference and walked around. i saw a...... LefOptorGofep: Summer is here, its time to shed some pounds!
And its never been easier than now, now that Anatrim is available.
Anatrim is the revolutionary new product designed to help users
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